settle

汉语翻译

n. 有背长椅
vt. 决定, 整理, 安放, 使定居, 使平静, 支付, 安排, 解决, 结算
vi. 停留, 下陷, 沉淀, 澄清, 安下心来, 结清, 定居, 安家
【医】 沉下, 沉降; 使密合(牙托或鞍桥)
【经】 整理, 解决, 支付
相关词组:
settle for
settle sb in
settle in
settle up with
settle to do sth
settle down

词型变化：

动词过去式:settled 过去分词:settled 现在分词:settling 第三人称单数:settles 形容词:settleable 

词意辨析：

decide, determine, resolve, settle

这些动词都含“决定”之意。
decide: 侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。
determine: 指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。
resolve: 语气较强，强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。
settle: 指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。

dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle

这些动词均有“居住、定居”之意。
dwell: 文学上的用词，口语中通常用live代替。
reside: 书面用词，指合法的永久性居住，也指在豪华的住宅里居住。
live: 最普通用词，指固定的居住，可以是长期的，也可以是临时的。
lodge: 指短时间或临时住宿。
inhabit: 强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
settle: 侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区，而不指居住的住所。

英语解释：

名词 settle:

1. a long wooden bench with a back
   同义词：settee

动词 settle:

1. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
   同义词：settle down
2. bring to an end; settle conclusively
   同义词：decide, resolve, adjudicate
3. settle conclusively; come to terms
   同义词：square off, square up, determine
4. take up residence and become established
   同义词：locate
5. come to terms
   同义词：reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate
6. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
   同义词：sink, go down, go under
7. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
   同义词：root, take root, steady down, settle down
8. become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
9. establish or develop as a residence
10. come to rest
11. become clear by the sinking of particles
12. arrange or fix in the desired order
13. accept despite complete satisfaction
14. end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
15. dispose of; make a financial settlement
16. cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
17. sink down or precipitate
    同义词：subside
18. fix firmly
    同义词：ensconce
19. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
    同义词：get back
20. make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
    同义词：finalize, finalise, nail down
21. form a community
22. come as if by falling
    同义词：fall, descend

例句：

1. If you pay for both of us now, we can settle up later.
   你要是现在先付清咱们两人的帐，事后咱们俩再细算。
2. The thunderstorm may settle the weather.
   这场雷暴过後天气可能反而好些。
3. They moved the local people and settle them in another place.
   他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。
4. The two companies settled out of court.
   两家公司在法院外了结了争端。